Holovis unveil Shanghai Innovation Center

June 25, 2019

Experience designer Holovis and its shareholding partner KingJoy have launched an Innovation and Demonstration Center in the heart of Shanghai. The new five floor complex will feature applications of Holovis’s emerging technologies and complex immersive environmentsfrom their entertainment, enterprise and simulation sectors, as well as offices, innovation labs and house development teams for both companies.

Visitors are greeted in the
Lobby by an AI-driven virtual Concierge that uses speech and
facial recognition to recognize, welcome the visitor and summon their host.
They are then escorted to the main demonstration area that features an array of
solutions allowing them to experience the different specialist technologies
Holovis and KingJoy are creating together.

These include a Holovis HVR system, a free Roaming Virtual Reality spacewhere users wear the latest lightweight computer backpacks and are able to explore vast virtual worlds and synthetic environments. This has applications for entertainment, featuring IPs that place guests in the heart of compelling adventures and for enterprise, allowing multidisciplined engineering teams to visualise their data in 1:1 scale and collaborate globally with colleagues in real-time.

The
facility also features a Holovis CAVE, a five-sided all-immersive environment
where each wall/surface features 3D volumetric projection to bring any type of
data to life in true holographic-style 3D without the need for any VR headsets.
Users wear head-tracked glasses to view and naturally interact with the
environment and data, allowing them to effortlessly work alongside their
colleagues in the same virtual space.

The
CAVE will also feature the latest RideView software solution, a proprietary
Holovis product used to visualize, simulate, analyse and test all aspects of a
masterplan or attraction design. This is used for internal development processes
and supporting and client design reviews. These are experienced in 1:1 scale
and in real-time, allowing clients to explore their design and data in a highly
realistic synthetic representation of the real-world. It also creates the
ability to ride the attractions to ensure that different demographics and guest
profiles have all been catered for, ensuring the very best and optimum
experience, no matter where they are sat in the attraction.

Test
builds will also be completed on site for projects shipping from China,
ensuring any challenges are realised and overcome prior to shipping and
installation. Clients can also bring their stakeholders in for meetings,
project reviews and sign offs.

The
top floor of the center also features a breakout and networking space with
panoramic views across the city and in keeping with local culture, a karaoke
area!

The facility with be managed using the latest Holovis HoloTrac software and hardware systems, a unique data-centric ecosystem and experiential management solution that underpins the whole experiencefor staff and visitors.

Stuart Hetherington, CEO of
Holovis explains:

“Our operation in China has grown exponentially and having our joint Innovation Center with our partners at KingJoy gives us an amazing ability to demonstrate our solutions and capabilities to our China clients, while continuing to rapidly grow our in-country teams. Alongside our partners KingJoy we are set to deliver a number of high-profile entertainment projects going live in 2020/21 ranging from flagship experiences in major theme parks to more regionalised educational entertainment hubs alongside new transportation networks.”